Ern1e
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On this issue I personaly would go and ask the idiot just what they are trying to do, and why is it so neccasary for her to be in pe kit just to sit and watch ? Good old elf and dodah.
PE Kit
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Shut Up Legs
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I'd be tempted to write back saying that if your daughter's arm suffers any further harm while changing into and out off the PE kit, this teacher will be named in the compensation claim.My daughter has a broken arm, you can tell, she has a cast on from shoulder to wrist. Her PE teacher told her that, even though she has to sit out the lesson, she should be in her PE kit. She has sent letter to me asking that my daughter complies.
In one. Yes, I am getting peed off with having to keep opening the bathroom door for her, it'd take her as long as the PE lesson to get changed and unchanged.
No way is she doing it, although it seems that another injured girl was made to change into her swimming costume............. to sit by the side of the pool.............
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Or what, precisely? It's not like they're going to suspend her or anything.My daughter has a broken arm, you can tell, she has a cast on from shoulder to wrist. Her PE teacher told her that, even though she has to sit out the lesson, she should be in her PE kit. She has sent letter to me asking that my daughter complies.
Leastways, I'd hate to be the PE teacher explaining to the Governors why I thought that was a good idea...
This, plus a note from your GP. Deal with the head of year, deputy head and if necessary the head teacher. For the buggeration factor alone, they'll "see your point of view".
There's no need for any of that. Saying no will suffice.
It should be, except that either teacher in question is a bit of an arse or the school has a policy that most people would regard as unreasonable. Best to get things discussed out in the open so everyone knows where they stand.
swee'pea99
Squire
Every school has bullies - in my experience some of them are teachers. As others have said, just do as you've indicated: say no.
Mad Doug Biker
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If all else fails, go to the local paper and kick up a stink!
Profpointy
Legendary Member
I'd not get into debate and point scoring unless it's part of a wider strategy of attrition - which is fair enough as PE teacher appears to be an idiot.
Just say it's impractical for daughter to change into PE kit as they have a broken arm, and you don't wish to jearpordise healing. There's no sensible come-back to this, and you've made a perfectly polite statement - and it's not a request, so there's no response needed from them.
If there is a response, just say same thing again - word for word.
Just say it's impractical for daughter to change into PE kit as they have a broken arm, and you don't wish to jearpordise healing. There's no sensible come-back to this, and you've made a perfectly polite statement - and it's not a request, so there's no response needed from them.
If there is a response, just say same thing again - word for word.
vernon
Harder than Ronnie Pickering
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I would ask for evidence of the medical qualifications held by the PE teacher that allows him/her to guarantee that your daughters injury will not be aggravated by the pointless and stressful exercise of getting changed twice. I'd also invoice them for the additional laundry costs of cleaning clothes that have been unnecessarily worn.
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vernon
Harder than Ronnie Pickering
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The simplest solution is to keep the PE kit at home and send a letter of refusal to the PE teacher with a copy to the head teacher.
It always works.
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It always works.
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swansonj
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Blimey, who'd be a teacher? I hope that none of the people here who are advising telling the teacher to **** off / write to the DM / complain to the Governors / just ignore them because they have no authority / threaten to sue them are the same people who complain about reducing levels of respect in society / reducing standards of behaviour in schools.
MarkF: great sympathy to your daughter. I hope you find a way to resolve this. My own suggestion would be (a) to talk rather than write a letter in the first instance (b) to start by stressing how you appreciate and support the school's uniform and behaviour policies, but requesting that under the circumstances they make an exception.
MarkF: great sympathy to your daughter. I hope you find a way to resolve this. My own suggestion would be (a) to talk rather than write a letter in the first instance (b) to start by stressing how you appreciate and support the school's uniform and behaviour policies, but requesting that under the circumstances they make an exception.
There's no need for that either. It's such a simple thing, parents overreact so easily to teachers and I can't figure out why. They're people doing a job. At the end of the day you can just talk to them like a person, it doesn't have to be a battle.
In a lot of cases it is not the teachers who make the rules. Talk to the teacher first and get their story. A big thing here is too make sure respect is shown both ways, this will stay with your daughter. Once a person starts lacking respect then in my opinion it is downwards spiral.
Certainly does not sound like battle lines are needed and I often wonder how many people who write aggressively are so in real life, not many hopefully.
Certainly does not sound like battle lines are needed and I often wonder how many people who write aggressively are so in real life, not many hopefully.
